Dec 08 An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What's next for Aya Hijazi? By Rhana Natour In May 2014, Aya Hijazi, a 29-year-old Egyptian-American humanitarian worker, was imprisoned in Egypt. For more than two years, she was held in what’s known as “pre-trial detention” before her trial finally began last month. Continue reading
Dec 06 Amid regional instability and rising demand, a historic agreement could protect priceless cultural artifacts By Sandy Petrykowski A new agreement lays the groundwork for the U.S. to impose import restrictions on Egyptian archaeological items to reduce the incentive to traffic antiquities. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 7:42 Egypt envisions 'strengthening' of U.S. relationship under Trump By PBS News Hour Egypt has experienced turbulent relations with the U.S. under the Obama administration, but President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was the first foreign leader to congratulate President-elect Donald Trump on his victory. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner interviews Egyptian foreign minister… Continue watching
Aug 12 Watch 8:01 Explaining the Middle East conflicts through the eyes of six individuals By PBS News Hour In an article that consumes the entirety of this week’s New York Times Magazine, Scott Anderson aims to tell a story of great breadth and timeliness: how the current conflicts in the Middle East arose, and how they might evolve… Continue watching
Aug 03 Column: Nobel prize-winner Ahmed Zewail's struggle to bring Egypt out of the 'dark ages' By Margaret Warner The Arab world needs more heroes like Ahmed Zewail, the Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian chemist who died yesterday. Continue reading
Jul 13 Egyptian dissenters forcibly disappeared and tortured, Amnesty says By Kassia Halcli Hundreds of Egyptians, including students and children, have disappeared and been tortured under the guise of counterterrorism, according to an Amnesty International report released Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 23 Investigators can't download EgyptAir recorders, says U.S. official By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Initial attempts to download information from the flight data and voice recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month have been unsuccessful, according to a U.S. official. Continue reading
Jun 18 Egypt finalizes death ruling for Al Jazeera journalists tried in abstentia By Kamala Kelkar An Egyptian court finalized a ruling on Saturday in an espionage case that sentenced six people to death, including three journalists tried in absentia. The country's former president, Mohammed Morsi, was also given life in prison in the same case. Continue reading
Jun 15 Egypt says it has found the wreckage from missing EgyptAir plane By Joshua Barajas A search vessel has spotted “several main locations of the wreckage” from an EgyptAir airplane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month. Continue reading
May 21 Egypt sends submarine to search for clues about EgyptAir crash that killed 66 By Kamala Kelkar Before an EgyptAir jet crashed into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board Thursday, it had sent out a burst of error messages indicating there was smoke aboard, a French air investigation agency spokesman said Saturday. Continue reading